3. (noun)five, 5, V, cinque, quint, quintet, fivesome, quintuplet, pentad, fin, Phoebe, Little Phoebe the cardinalnumber that is the sum of four and one
1. v v, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocalconsonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recentdatewords containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about likeEnglish w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greekvowel / (see Y), this Greekletterbeing either from the sameSemiticletter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc
2. v as a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin